Bend - English meaning

verb

Point or direct (a weapon or camera) at a target.

Usage examples:

Aim the camcorder at some suitable object

noun

A purpose or intention; a desired outcome.

Usage examples:

Our primary aim is to achieve financial discipline

abbreviation

Alternative investment market (a subsidiary market of the london stock exchange that allows small companies to be traded without the expense of a full market listing).

noun

The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.

Usage examples:

In any triangle, the longest side is opposite the largest angle

verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

Usage examples:

He angled his chair so that he could watch her

noun

A fish hook.

Usage examples:

You will be pleased too, if you find a trout at one of our angles

noun

A part of a curve, especially a part of the circumference of a circle.

Usage examples:

The point where a tangential line touches the arc of a circle

verb

Move with a curving trajectory.

Usage examples:

The ball arced across the room

abbreviation

(in the uk) agricultural research council.

noun

A curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.

Usage examples:

The result brings to mind support structures for vaulted arches (for instance gaudi's sagrada famil…

verb

Have the curved shape of an arch.

Usage examples:

A beautiful bridge that arched over a canal

adjective

Deliberately or affectedly playful and teasing.

Usage examples:

A somewhat arch tone of voice

noun

Inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.

Usage examples:

There was evidence of bias against foreign applicants

verb

Cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.

Usage examples:

All too often, our recruitment processes are biased towards younger candidates

noun

An unfair personal opinion that influences your judgment

Usage examples:

[ u ] they vowed to fight racial bias in the school., [ c usually sing ] does news coverage reflect…

noun

A knot tied with two loops and two loose ends, used especially for tying shoelaces and decorative ribbons.

Usage examples:

A girl with long hair tied back in a bow

verb

A curved stroke forming part of a letter (e.g. b, p ).

noun

An act of bending the head or upper body as a sign of respect or greeting.

Usage examples:

The man gave a little bow

noun

A flat, typically rectangular frame with a hinged pin, used for joining the ends of a belt or strap.

Usage examples:

Most rucksacks have quick release buckles

verb

Fasten with a buckle.

Usage examples:

He buckled his belt

noun

A fastener for a belt

Usage examples:

A silver buckle, [ t ] please buckle your seat belts., [ i ] after eight hours of hiking, our knees…

noun

A length of something wound in a joined sequence of concentric rings.

Usage examples:

A coil of rope

verb

Arrange (something long and flexible) in a coil.

Usage examples:

He began to coil up the heavy ropes

noun

A confusion or turmoil.

Usage examples:

But the biggest loser from our decision to cling gamely to the mortal coil is the national health s…

verb

Force or oblige (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

A sense of duty compelled harry to answer her questions

verb

To force someone to do something

Usage examples:

At school, we were compelled to wear uniforms, which i hated.

verb

Twist or bend out of the normal shape.

Usage examples:

A spasm of pain contorted his face

verb

To (cause something to) twist or bend violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form

Usage examples:

His face contorted with bitterness and rage.

noun

A place or angle where two sides or edges meet.

Usage examples:

Jan sat at one corner of the table

verb

Force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape.

Usage examples:

The man was eventually cornered by police dogs

noun

Another term for corner (sense 5 of the noun).

Usage examples:

Kavanagh lofted a corner kick

noun

The curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon.

Usage examples:

The moon was a slender crescent

adjective

Having the shape of a crescent.

Usage examples:

A crescent moon

noun

A curved shape that has two narrow pointed ends

noun

The hooked staff of a shepherd.

Usage examples:

Seizing his crook from behind the door, he set off to call his dogs

verb

Bend (something, especially a finger as a signal).

Usage examples:

He crooked a finger for the waitress

adjective

Bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.

Usage examples:

It was pretty crook on the land in the early 1970s

verb

Adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down, typically in order to avoid detection or to defend oneself.

Usage examples:

We crouched down in the trench

noun

A crouching stance or posture.

Usage examples:

He dropped into a defensive crouch

verb

The act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

verb

Form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape.

Usage examples:

Her fingers curled round the microphone

noun

Something in the shape of a spiral or coil, especially a lock of hair.

Usage examples:

Her blonde hair was a mass of tangled curls

noun

A line or outline which gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length.

Usage examples:

The parapet wall sweeps down in a bold curve

verb

Form or cause to form a curve.

Usage examples:

Her mouth curved in a smile

verb

To form or move in the direction of a line that turns continuously and has no straight parts, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ i ] the road curves around the cemetery., a curve in a road

noun

The action or process of deflecting or being deflected.

Usage examples:

The deflection of the light beam

noun

A change of direction after hitting something

Usage examples:

The second goal was from a deflection off the liverpool defender., his shot took a deflection and s…

verb

Distort the shape or form of; make misshapen.

Usage examples:

He was physically deformed by a rare bone disease

verb

To change the shape or structure, esp. by using great pressure

Usage examples:

Heat generated by intense pressure deforms the rock.

noun

The action of departing from an established course or accepted standard.

Usage examples:

Deviation from a norm

noun

A difference from what is usual or expected

Usage examples:

The letter cited 'significant deviations from current good manufacturing practice'., in a recent an…

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

verb

Pull or twist out of shape.

Usage examples:

A grimace distorted her mouth

verb

To change something from its natural or usual shape or condition

Usage examples:

Agony distorted his face., there are those who would distort the facts to serve their own political…

verb

To change something from its original, natural, or intended meaning, condition, or shape, especially in a negative way

Usage examples:

Governments are able to maintain discriminatory procurement practices which significantly distort t…

noun

A common animal with four legs, especially kept by people as a pet or to hunt or ...

verb

(with reference to a limb or joint) bend or become bent.

Usage examples:

She saw him flex his ankle and wince

noun

The action or state of flexing.

Usage examples:

Add rigidity and eliminate brake flex

noun

A flexible insulated cable used for carrying electric current to an appliance.

Usage examples:

Reading crown court was told that she took an electric flex intending to throttle the ripper.

noun

Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.

Usage examples:

He was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion

verb

Make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.

Usage examples:

The back door of the bank was forced

noun

A waterfall.

Usage examples:

At the village of west burton, two miles distant, is a fine force

noun

A u-shaped pin for fastening the hair.

noun

A thin, u-shaped metal pin that is used to hold part of the hair in a suitable position

noun

A piece of metal or other hard material curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on.

Usage examples:

A picture hook

verb

Attach or fasten with a hook or hooks.

Usage examples:

The truck had a red lamp hooked to its tailgate

verb

Raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward.

Usage examples:

Eliot hunched his shoulders against a gust of snow

noun

A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact.

Usage examples:

I have a hunch that someone is telling lies

noun

An idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof

Usage examples:

[ + that clause ] i had a hunch that you’d be here., [ i ] we gathered in a circle and hunched over…

verb

Make (someone) feel admiration and respect.

Usage examples:

They immediately impressed the judges

noun

An act of making an impression or mark.

Usage examples:

Bluish marks made by the impress of his fingers

verb

Force (someone) to serve in an army or navy.

Usage examples:

A number of poles, impressed into the german army

verb

Be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something.

Usage examples:

He was inclined to accept the offer

noun

An inclined surface or plane; a slope, especially on a road or railway.

Usage examples:

The road climbs a long incline through a forest

noun

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.

Usage examples:

The influence of television violence

verb

Have an influence on.

Usage examples:

Government regulations can influence behaviour, but often without changing underlying values and mo…

verb

A power to affect persons or events

noun

A sharp twist or curve in something that is otherwise straight.

Usage examples:

A kink in the road

verb

Form or cause to form a sharp twist or curve.

Usage examples:

The river kinks violently in a right angle

noun

A sharp twist or bend in something such as a wire or rope

Usage examples:

There was a kink in the hose and the water wouldn’t come through., the system will work fine once w…

verb

Be in or assume a position in which the body is supported by a knee or the knees, as when praying or showing submission.

Usage examples:

They knelt down and prayed

verb

Rest one's weight on one's knees

verb

To go down into, or stay in, a position where one or both knees are on the ground

Usage examples:

She knelt down to look under the bed for her doll., gibbons kneeled next to the plant and started d…

noun

A shape produced by a curve that bends round and crosses itself.

Usage examples:

Make a loop in the twine

verb

Form (something) into a loop or loops; encircle.

Usage examples:

She looped her arms around his neck

noun

A circular shape made by something long and narrow in which the two ends cross each other, leaving an open space within

Usage examples:

A loop of thread from my sweater caught on a nail., the exit ramp makes a loop under the elevated h…

verb

Handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner.

Usage examples:

He manipulated the dials of the set

verb

Influence or control shrewdly or deviously

verb

To influence or control someone to your advantage, often without that person knowing it

Usage examples:

Her success is partly due to her ability to manipulate the media., the wheelchair is designed to be…

noun

A hollow container used to give shape to molten or hot liquid material when it cools and hardens.

Usage examples:

The smith would pour the molten metal into the shaped mould

verb

Form (an object) out of malleable material.

Usage examples:

Mould the figure from white fondant

noun

A furry growth of minute fungi occurring typically in moist warm conditions, especially on food or other organic matter.

Usage examples:

Mould may flourish unhindered

noun

A loop formed by a horseshoe bend in a river.

Usage examples:

Most of the lakes of jammu & kashmir are remnants of ancient oxbows created by numerous rivers as t…

noun

A curved lake that was originally a bend in a river but became separated when the river took a new, straighter course

verb

Induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.

Usage examples:

It wasn't easy, but i persuaded him to do the right thing

verb

Cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief

noun

The tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object.

Usage examples:

The point of his dagger

verb

A fielding position on the off side near the batsman.

verb

Move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force.

Usage examples:

He pressed his face to the glass

noun

A device for applying pressure to something in order to flatten or shape it or to extract juice or oil.

Usage examples:

A flower press

noun

A forcible enlistment of men, especially for the navy.

Usage examples:

Any english-speaking, able-bodied, man on leave in a port might find himself swept up in the press.

verb

Crouch or squat.

Usage examples:

He scooched down and rubbed the dog's head

verb

To move a short distance, especially when you are in a sitting or crouching (= low, with bent knees) position

Usage examples:

Can you scooch over and make room?, she used to scooch up so close to the tv that her parents warne…

verb

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Usage examples:

Delaney set the mug of tea down

noun

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

Usage examples:

A set of false teeth

verb

Variant spelling of sett.

noun

The external form, contours, or outline of someone or something.

Usage examples:

She liked the shape of his nose

verb

Give a particular shape or form to.

Usage examples:

Most caves are shaped by the flow of water through limestone

abbreviation

Supreme headquarters allied powers europe.

adjective

Winding in a continuous and gradually widening (or tightening) curve, either round a central point on a flat plane or about an axis so as to form a cone.

Usage examples:

A spiral pattern

noun

A spiral curve, shape, pattern, or object.

Usage examples:

A spiral of smoke

verb

Move in a spiral course.

Usage examples:

A wisp of smoke spiralled up from the trees

verb

Crouch or sit with one's knees bent and one's heels close to or touching one's buttocks or the back of one's thighs.

Usage examples:

I squatted down in front of him

adjective

Short and thickset; disproportionately broad or wide.

Usage examples:

He was muscular and squat

noun

A squatting position.

Usage examples:

She fell back into a squat from the kneeling position he had raised her to.

verb

Guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder.

Usage examples:

He steered the boat slowly towards the busy quay

noun

The type of steering of a vehicle.

Usage examples:

Some cars boast four-wheel steer

noun

Another term for bullock.

verb

Bend one's head or body forwards and downwards.

Usage examples:

He stooped down and reached towards the coin

noun

A posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forwards.

Usage examples:

A tall, thin man with a stoop

noun

A porch with steps in front of a house or other building.

Usage examples:

We've been sitting on the front stoop of an unlit house, blinking into the darkness, waiting, or so…

verb

Overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person).

Usage examples:

She managed to subdue an instinct to applaud

verb

Put down by force or intimidation

verb

To reduce the force of (someone or something)

Usage examples:

She’d be hard to subdue if she got mad.

verb

Bring under domination or control, especially by conquest.

Usage examples:

The invaders had soon subjugated most of the population

verb

To defeat people or a country and rule them in a way that allows them no freedom

verb

To treat yourself, your wishes, or your beliefs as being less important than other people or their wishes or beliefs

Usage examples:

She subjugated herself to her mother's needs., reporters must subjugate personal political convicti…

verb

Move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side.

Usage examples:

He swayed slightly on his feet

noun

A rhythmical movement from side to side.

Usage examples:

The easy sway of her hips

verb

Move back and forth

verb

Teach (a person or animal) a particular skill or type of behaviour through practice and instruction over a period of time.

Usage examples:

The scheme trains people for promotion

noun

A series of connected railway carriages or wagons moved by a locomotive or by integral motors.

Usage examples:

A freight train

verb

Educate for a future role or function

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

Usage examples:

A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

noun

An act of twisting something around a stationary point.

Usage examples:

The taps needed a single twist to turn them on

verb

Cause an object to assume a curved or distorted shape

verb

Make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.

Usage examples:

Moisture had warped the box

noun

A twist or distortion in the shape of something.

Usage examples:

The head of the racket had a curious warp

verb

(of a surface or hard material) to bend or twist so that the surface is no longer flat or straight

Usage examples:

[ t ] water poured in, ruining carpets, warping walls, destroying wiring., the novel is an appraisa…

noun

A line or course having abrupt alternate right and left turns.

Usage examples:

She traced a zigzag on the metal with her finger

adjective

Having the form of a zigzag; veering alternately to right and left.

Usage examples:

When chased by a predator, some animals take a zigzag course

adverb

So as to move right and left alternately.

Usage examples:

She drives zigzag across the city